Operating mechanism for washing and like machines.



G. N. NIEVES. OPERATING MEGHANISM FOR WASHING AND LIKE MACHINES.

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APPLICATION FILED EEB.17, 1912.

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Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

G. N. MEVES. OPERATING MECHANISM FOR WASHING AND LIKE MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED PEB.17, 1912.

G. N. MBVBS. OPERATING MBGHANISM FOR WASHING AND LIKE MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 17, 1912. 1.8.54.

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Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

G. N. MEVES. OPERATING MEGHANISM FOR WASHING AND LIKE MACHINES. APPLICATION FILED EEB.17, 1912. ,548. Patented Feu-10, 1914.

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G. N. NIEVES.

OPERATING MBGHANISM PoR WASHING AND LIKE MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED IEB. 17, 1912.

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Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

outer ends by the curbed bar 38. Said rack is adapted to mesh with the relatively coarse teeth of a gear wheel 89 that is fixed to one end of a horizontal, motor vdriven shaft 40 which is mounted in bearing standards 41V,

41, shown as made integral with and rising l from a frame plate 42 which is Supported on the brace members 13. The said shaft 40 is driven by a motor 45 .by driving connection hereinafter described.

` The Sliding cylinder member 37 isrprovided'atthe sides of the rack teeth 38' with curved guide ribs or shoulders 46 shown in full lines in Fig. l, and in dotted lines in Fig. 5. Said curved ribs extend from the top to the bottom of the cylinder and are connected at the upper andvlower endsof thecylinder to constitute a continuous guide or track to coperate with an extension 47 of thesliaft 40; the said extension 47 projecting into theA recessed portion of said cylindery surrounded by said curved guide ribs. The arrangement is suc-h y that when the gear wheel 39, which has a continuous unidirectional rotative movement, reac-hes the end of the rack 38, the engagement of said eX- tension 47 with said curved guide ribshas the effect to hold the toothed wheel 39 engaged-with the rack and to slide the cylinder 39 is caused to mesh first with the upper side and then with the lower side of the rack 38 so that, through continuous, unidirectional rotation of .the shaft 40, a rotary, reciprocatorymotion is imparted to the c ylinder, the' 4shaftfBS and to the operating or dasher shaft v14.- The said 'shaft 4() is driven from the y motor 45 through the medium of a pinion 50 v on .the motor shaft 51, said pinion meshing with a gear wheel 52 which is xed toa lsleeve 54 that is loosely mounted on the shaft 40 and 'which has 'bearing on such standard 56, as best sh'dwn'in Figs. l and 5.

The said sleeve 54 is normally loose on' the shaft 40 and is adapted to be locked thereto sofas to cause the shaft to rotate therewith hva' suitable clutch device. Said clutch device, as herein shown, consists of a collar 58 that is slidably mounted on the shaft 40, and

is held ,non-rotative thereon by a pin 59 on the lshaft whichn'extends .through a slot in the collar. The collar is provided at one end with lclutch teeth or jaws 60 adapted, by

sliding movement of the collar, to be brought into'. engagement with corresponding clutch teeth or jaws 61 formed on the adjacent end 'Losetas of the sleeve 54. The means herein shown for shifting said clutch to connect it to and disconnect it from the sleeve consist of a horizontal swinging shipping lever 63 that is pivoted at 64 to a bracket 65 attached to the bottom of the tub. rThe end of said shipping lever beyond its pivotis turned downwardly, as shown at 66, and the downturned port-ion is providedv at its lower end with a bearing roller 68 that enters an annular groove 69 formed in any suitable manner' on the periphery of the clutch collar. T he other lorfree end of the shipping lever 63 extends to the right hand side yof the machine andis formed with a hand piece71. The said free end of the lever is adapted to be held in Y position to lock the clutch in either its open or its closed-position by means of the segment 72 having the two notches to alternately receive the lever, said segment being attached to the bottom of the tub.

7 5 designates a wringer, of any usual or preferred construction, that is mounted on the w-ringer board 76 supported at the rear of the machine, and is provided with the usual rollers having geared shafts. shaft 77 of the lower roll is operatively connected to the sleeve '54 of the shaft 40, whereby the wringer is operated fromY the motor, through following gearing. The said sleeve 54 is provided near its outer end with a double faced gear 80, having opposing beveled gear faces. It is splined or otherwise non-rotatively secured to the sleeve 54 to rotate therewith, but is permitted to slide endwise thereof by the spline 80.

8l designates an upright shaft arranged Y at the rear and to'one side of the tub and is rotatively mounted at its lower end in a.

bearing 82 carried by an overhanging arm on the standard 41. The shaft is rotatively mounted at its upper end in a suitable bear ing 83 that is carried by the outer end of the frame plate 27: The said shaft 81 is provided at its upper end with a pinion 85 which meshes with a beveled gear wheel 86 carried by the shaft of the lower wringer roll. Said shaft 81 is provided at its lower end with a beveled pinion 88 which extends into the space between the opposing beveled gear faces of the double gear 80, as best shown in Figs. l and 5. By shifting said double gear endwise on the shaft, the beveled pinion 88 may be brought int-o mesh with veither of the gear facesof the double gear,

or be made to occupy a neutral position relative to said gear faces. By this construction the Shaft 81 and the wringer roll shaft geared thereto may be rotatedl in either direction, or may be disconnected from power. The double gear may be thus shift-ed on the sleeve by devices made as follows: 92 designates a shipping lever that is pivoted at 93 to a bracket 94 which is attached to one of the tub legs. One end of said shipping 90 The A lever 92 is provided with a` bearing rollersaid upper end of-Lthe operating lever is4 adapted to be held ina fixed posit-ion, to hold the double gear in either of its three positions; of adjustment, by engagement withk one of the three notches 101, of a bracket 102 attached to and extending laterally from the side of the tub, near the top thereof.

1f it be desired to operate the main operating or dasher shaft by hand power at a time when motor power i's notavailable, the shaft 18 may be extended beyondits bearings 19 arfdprovided with a socket 105 to receive a hand lever, so that the machine may be operated in the ordinarymanner of a lever machine. ln lieu of the motor 45, which may be an electric motor, ll may `provide the shaft 51 wit-h. a pulley through which power from an extraneous source, as

from a gas engine, may be transmitted to` operate said shaft.

` lln Figs. 'i' and 8 I have shown an arrangement whereby the main wringer 75 may be operatively connected to a second wringer 110 thatis supported on a combined wringer and tub stand 111 arranged at the side of the `washing machine tub; said wringer stand being constructed to constitute a support for tivotnbs 112 and 113, one at each side of the wringer 110. rl`he rearmost tub 112 may be supported on a truck 115, the wheels of which are adapted to be supported by andY travel on the rails 116 of the wringer'stand extension that extends laterallyA from the Iwringer stand to a position in rear of the main wringer, whereby said tub 1l2inay be shifted either to the position shown in full lines in Fig. 8or to the position indicated in f eo f lock the coupling 119 in place.

the dotted lines therein. The second or vauxiliary wringer 110 vis arranged -with its "lower roll` shaft in general axial alinement with the shaft of the lower roll of the main wringer, and may be connected thereto, as by the coupling 119 shown in the Figs.v 7 and 8,and made of any suitable construction. rlhe said shaft of the lower roll4 of the mainwringer is provided with'the right and left hand screw threads 120, 121, to the former of whichthe coupling is adapted to be yscrewed and to the latter of which is applied a lock nut 122 to Said coilpling may be attached` tothe `lower roll shaft ofthe wringer 110 in a similar or any other suitable manner.

, The various intermeshing gears are housed varied within the spirit and scope of the in-v vention, and that the invention is not limited to such details except as hereinafter specifically claimed, or as imposed by the` .prior art.

I claim as my invention l. Operating mechanism for washing and like machines comprising, in combination with a body, an operating shaft mounted therein and capable of rotary, i'eciprocatory motion, a niotor dri-'ven shaft beneath the ,body with driving means for rotating it in one direction, an upright shaft at. the side of the body, gearing connecting the upper end of said shaft to said operating shaft and operative connections between the motor `driven shaft and the lower end of the upright shaft, having means to translate the continuons rotary motion of the motor driven shaft into rotary, reciprocatory motion of the upright shaft.

`2. Operating mechanism for washing and like machines comprising, in combination with a body, anl operating shaft mounted therein and capable of rotary, reciprocatory motion, a motor driven-shaft beneath the body with driving means for rotating it in one direction, an upright shaft at the side of the body', gearing connecting the upper end of the said shaft to said operating shaft, a cylinder on said upright shaft non-rotatively connected .thereto and slidable thereon, a'rack on said cylinder, a toothed gear on the motor driven shaft meshing' with said rack and interacting guiding parts on the cylinder and said inotoi` driven shaft to hold the toothed gear in mesh with the rack and to guide it to engage it ist with one side and then with the other of said rack. f

3. Upei'ating mechanism for washing and like machines comprising, in combination a body, an operating shaft mounted therein and capable of rotary, reciprocatory motion, a motor driven shaft beneath the body with driving means for rotating it in one direction, an upright shaft at the side of the body, gearing connecting the upper end of said shaft to said operating shaft` a `cylinder on said upright shaft non-rotatively connected thereto and slidable thereon, an arcuate rack extending from and normal to the plane of said cylinder. a toothed gear i iat with a body, an operating shaft mounted therein and capable of rotary, reoiproeatory motion, `a motor drlven shaft beneath the -body with driving means for rotating-it in one direction, an upright shaft at the side ot the body, a horizontal shaft geared to the upper end ofthe upright shaft, a second i horizontal shaft geared to the rsthorizontal shaft and to the operating shaft, and an operative conneotionbetween the motor driren shaft and the lower end of the upright shaft, having means to translate the VContinuous rotary motion of the former ,shaft into rotary, reoiprocatory vmotion of a the vlatter shaft.

5. Operating mechanism for Washing and I like machines Comprising, 1n combination with a body, a swinging member hinged to said body, an `opera-ting shaft mounted therein and capable of rotary, reciprocatory Loeaeae tal shaft mounted on a iXed part of the body,'and hinge lugs for the swinging mem-` ber mounted on said horizontal shaft, whereby. the latter shaft constitutes the hinged pivot for the swinging member.

ln testimony, that l vClaim the 'foregoing as myy invention aiix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses, this 12thj day of February, A. D. 1912.

GUSTAV N. VES. 'VitnesseS:

W. L. G. E. Dom.' 

